{"id":15241,"date":"2018-03-07T16:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2018\/03\/07\/fatoumata-diawaras-stirring-reminder-of-the-global-migrant-crisis\/"},"modified":"2018-03-07T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T16:38:04","slug":"fatoumata-diawaras-stirring-reminder-of-the-global-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/fatoumata-diawaras-stirring-reminder-of-the-global-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatoumata Diawara's Stirring Reminder Of The Global Migrant Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The latest video from Malian singer and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara, for the song “Nterini,” opens with a simple but stark reminder: “In a world of seven billion people, one billion are migrants.” The Pew Research Center<\/a> puts the number at a quarter of a billion \u2014 a figure that’s still shockingly high.<\/p>\n

“My love has gone far away and may never come back,” Diawara sings. “He has left his family and friends behind and gone away \/ He may never come back \/ What am I to do? He was my friend and my confidant.”<\/p>\n

The video, directed by the Ethiopian artist A\u00efda Muluneh, follows a young man as he crosses the desert, a single bag of belongings slung over his shoulder. Though he’s left behind a woman he loves and his family, he’s gone in search of a better life. By the end, his family receives news of his journey \u2014 it isn’t good. It’s a subtle, affecting reminder of the global migration crisis.<\/p>\n

“Nterini,” which means “My Love\/Confidant,” is from Diawara’s just-announced album FENFO<\/em>, due out May 18 on Shanachie. It’s her followup to 2011’s debut full-length Fatou<\/em>.<\/p>\n